This year my group has done pretty good on geese. Its our first year goose hunting and its really fun. The one main problem we have had is getting permission on fields. I live around Madison, WI and no one wants to giver permission even to kids. So I figured were gonna have to hunt traffic to kill birds. When I say this all of our birds this year have been traffic birds. I know to call and flag a lot but I was wondering how many decoys do u need. I figured all full-bodies and maybe a dozen shells would be the way to go. If you can give me estimates that would be great.

If so, and you have some full bodies, I would assume money is an issue. I would get some corrugated plastic and make some silos. You build the front of your spread with full bodies and mix silos in from the front to all silos in the back. Consider silos as 1 1/2 dozen needed to fill the range of 1 dozen full bodies.

Here is 2 dozen with only 2 poses. I made 15 to 17 decoys from one 4x8 sheet. After Novemebr 6th you might be able to get yard signs for free. They just require more paint on them. :)

"If you can't have fun doing it, it ain't worth doing, or you're just doing it wrong."

you might look into a sponsor here Big Al's silhouettes, or Real Geese silhouttes to adding an effective number to your set for cheaper than full body prices. Other wise my number for running traffic in that area would soley depend on the number o geese using the area. if you are seeing 1000's of brids and smaller flights of 20-30 birds 10dz you might be able to pull them in, but if the flights are bigger you should run a significntly bigger set. Running silos or lessers would be optimal for a situation like this and also remember that 10dz motionless decoys are useless especially when trying to finish the birds really close. The silos give the appearance of motion with all the different angles you can put the decoys and what not.

The more the merrier while running treafficing birds!! Im a fan of FBS and shells my self and lieks Real geese sillos too... I mainly hunt over FBS.. Just what i prefer not saying its right or wrong.. i just like gthe most realistic i can get. GHG FFDS for me